A decision at the January meeting was postponed after several mayors felt Foster's removal looked too much like a retaliation for the ALUC voting against a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Suisun City. The original claim by Day was that Foster's behavior at a November meeting warranted his removal.

The ALUC is a nine-person advisory board created by the county to provide orderly development of airports in Solano County, as well as areas surrounding airports, to prevent new noise and safety problems.

Because commissioners are appointed, rather than voted in, their positions can be taken away at any time. Foster is the appointment of the Fairfield mayor.

Mraz mentioned several times that an appointment can be changed at any time by the appointing mayor without reason, but Courville brought up the issue that the original call for removal came from Suisun City, not Fairfield. Mraz also claimed the removal wasn't a Wal-Mart issue, but rather an issue of Foster's behavior at the Wal-Mart meeting.

"The request didn't come from Fairfield, it came from Suisun," Courville said. "Which tells me it does have to do with Wal-Mart."

Augustine said the issue had been blown out of proportion by local newspapers and the facts had been skewed to make it a Wal-Mart issue.

After the vote, Mraz hinted that issue may return to the mayors after the Fairfield City Council votes on the issue of replacing Foster.